Book announcement - Child Language Acquisition

[Ambridge, Ben]

Dear all

With apologies for the shameless self-promotion, we (Ben Ambridge & Elena Lieven) would like to inform you that our new textbook (Child Language Acquisition: Contrasting Theoretical Approaches, Cambridge University Press) is out now (paperback/hardback/Kindle).

As the name implies, our aim in writing the book was  to compare the competing theoretical accounts of all the major language-acquisition phenomena, in as even-handed and comprehensive a manner as possible. We therefore hope that this will be a useful  textbook for course-leaders of all theoretical persuasions! If you teach a course on language acquisition, why not request a free inspection copy from Cambridge University Press? (links for inspection copies/purchase are below.)

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Speech perception, segmentation and production
3. Learning word meanings
4. Theoretical approaches to grammar acquisition
5. Inflection
6. Simple syntax
7. Movement and complex syntax
8. Binding, quantification and control
9. Related debates and conclusions.

Summary: Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morphology, syntax and binding) and includes a complete introduction to the two major contrasting theoretical approaches: generativist and constructivist. For each debate, the predictions of the competing accounts are closely and even-handedly evaluated against the empirical data. The result is an evidence-based review of the central issues in language acquisition research that will constitute a valuable resource for students, teachers, course-builders and researchers alike

Cambridge University Press - to request a free inspection copy or purchase (though usually cheaper at Amazon)

UK: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item5741469/?site_locale=en_GB
USA: http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item5741469/?site_locale=en_US
Elsewhere: http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/location/

Amazon

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Child-Language-Acquisition-Contrasting-Theoretical/dp/0521745233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300707811&sr=8-1
USA: http://www.amazon.com/Child-Language-Acquisition-Contrasting-Theoretical/dp/0521745233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300708318&sr=8-1

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